Nick's phone beeps. He pulls it out and reads the message, "I'm coming over for the night, we need to work on the marathon tomorrow!" It was from Judy.

"I should get going, Judy's coming over for the night." Nick stands up and grabs his carrot muffin and his coffee, getting ready to leave.

"Has she slept over before?" Freddie smiles.

"Yes-separately!" Nick showed a disgusted expression. "You dirty minded..." Nick muttered as he left the shop.

"Hang on, I'll give you a ride!" Freddie walked over to the counter and paid the waitress for their order.

...

"Thanks for the lift!" Nick waved as Freddie drove off.

"See ya tomorrow!" Freddie shouted in the distance.

Freddie walked up to his apartment building and made his way up to his floor. After the elevator brought Nick up to his floor, he walked over to his apartment door. He brought out his keys and unlocked the door. As he entered his apartment he noticed two large grey ears poking out if his couch and a small coat on his coat rack.

"Judy?" He confirmed.

She turned around and smiled. "Yup, didn't think I wouldn't take advantage of your apartment keys?" She shakes them in front of Nick as he walked over to her.

He sat next to her. "Well, I gave you those for a reason. I know your place isn't really... large. So I thought I could welcome you here any time!" Nick smirked.

"Thanks!" Judy beamed a smiled back at Nick. "So, why'd you come home late? Thought you said you'd be heading back around 6:00."

Nick looked a the time, noticing it was 7:02. "Wow, I was out longer than expected. Freddie took me out after work."

"Ooh! What'd you guys talk about?" Nick froze up as Judy finished.

She noticed his reaction. "Oh... um, we should talk about tomorrow."

"Yeah, we-um should do a romantic comedy marathon. We could take votes about each one." Nick nodded.

"Yeah, you got snacks right?" Judy smirked.

Nick nodded. "Yup. In my cupboards, where my snacks usually are."

Judy stood up and walked into his kitchen. Nick's apartment was a two bedroom apartment, it was a average decent apartment. A lot of room, and actually organized. Surprising for Nick's case as Judy thought. Judy walked up to his cupboards, and stood on the stool Nick had for Judy.

"Wouldn't mind if I took a bag of chips?" Judy shouted.

"No, not at all." Nick shouted. 'We're sharing though!"

Judy ran back to Nick with a bag of potato chips and smiled. "Don't worry, we will."

She sat next to Nick's left and opened the bag, grabbing a chip and stuffing it in her mouth.

"So..." Nick decided to spark another conversation. "How'd your meet with Gideon go?"

Judy froze up as well. "Oh, it was um..."

Whoa. Nick thought. She's never been uncomfortable about things like this... was it about me?

"It went well. I-um, talked to him about you." Judy smiled. "We basically caught up on our lives, what we're doing, you know."

"Yeah..." Nick nodded. Should I... tell her now?

Even though Freddie advised against it, Nick considered telling her now. He smiled at Judy, taking a deep breath and faced her.

"Judy... I've got something to tell you." Nick smiled.

Judy sensed Nick's serious tone in his voice. In hearing this, she stiffened. "Uh, what about?" Judy chuckled a little.

Nick grabbed her hand and looked in her eyes. Judy blushed at this. "I... Judy... I-"

Nick's confession was cut off by Judy's phone ringing. She let go of Nick's hand and reached for her phone. "Ho-hold on." She turned on her phone and read the message.

"Oh, right. I invited Gideon to our movie night tomorrow, Gideon texted me that he could make it." Judy smiled. "He was still moving in today. Oh! Um, continue!" She redirected her attention to Nick.

"Judy..." Nick held her hand once more. "I... like you..." Nick smiled. "Not just like a friend... I really like you." Nick exhaled greatly.

Judy felt her entire world explode. Her entire body froze, she stared at Nick. She blushed brightly.

"Ni-Nick! I-I don't..." Judy stuttered, unaware if how to respond.

Nick shook his head. "Ju-Judy! I'm not saying I want you to go out with me, I'm not saying you have to, I'm not saying any of that! I just wanted to tell you this... because we're also friends and you deserve to know." Nick chuckled.

"... I..." Judy had no response for Nick. "Don't know what to say..."

Nick grabbed a chip from the bag and ate it. "Well, uh... I think that's enough for the night. You know where the guest room is. Good night Juds." Nick patted her shoulder, stood up and went to his room.

He'd done it, he'd told her how he feels. He left the room, leaving Judy by herself comprehending what to do. As Nick left the living room, Judy stood up and walked to the guest room. She closed the door behind her, lied down on the bed and just lied there. With her eyes open, staring at the ceiling.

"Nick..." She whispered.

She wondered what to do next, how was she going to deal with Nick?